Race War Lyrics - Ice T

Yeah 

Yeah 

Check this out: now I'm black 

But black people trip 

'Cause white people like me 

White people like me 

But don't like them 

What's the fuck up 

Are you my friend? 

Hell no, you're a racist 

You say you got one black friend, so you're in 

Sorry homie, no win 

Check the facts 

Mexicans are still gettin' pushed to the back 

Puerto-Ricans gettin' dissed the same 

Won't speak on the Indians, shit's insane 

Fuck John Wayne 

I don't hate whites 

I just got a death wish for muthafuckas that ain't right 

You got black skin 

Still you gotta show and prove, friend 

Back to the facts 

What about Australia? 

A fuckin' failure 

The Aboriginal people are black 

So they got jacked 

You ask me about free speech and the Riots? 

So what's in store? 

I'm talkin' bout a race war 

(Get yourself together) 

(Open your eyes 

Get wise) 

(Put your brain in gear) 

Race war 

People gettin' killed in the street 

Blood on your feet, the ends don't meet 

And who they gonna blame it on, me? 

Try the media 

Try the PD 

Try your TV 

Try your quest for wealth 

Anybody but yourself 

But once the bullets start flyin' 

People start dyin' 

It's all because we're lyin' 

History books that teach hate 

A kid has no escape 

From the racist fate 

And pretty soon South Africa 

Will stop chillin' 

And start killin' 

Race war 

Race war 

Race war 

Race war 

Race war 

Race war 

Race war 

Race war 

Every night I pray 

That people get this shit together one day 

But this country ain't with it 

America was founded on that racist shit 

I judge the devil by his deeds 

It's usually connected to the size of his greed 

And keep the hope 

Even though they'd love to give a nigga like me the rope 

And when this shit hits 

There's gonna be a lotta white kids rollin' with the Africans 

You can't sweat skin 

'Cause there be a lot of blacks is down with the Republicans 

This shit don't have to happen 

That's why a brother like me's still rappin' 

Just treat each other right 

Either that, or you're lookin' for a sure fight 

Fuck the police 

We already know they ain't about no fuckin' peace 

You want to know what I think's in store? 

Justice or a race war 

(Get yourself together) 

(Open your eyes 

Get wise) 

Race war 

(Get yourself together) 

(Open your eyes 

Get wise) 

(Put your brain in gear) 

Race war 

(Get yourself together) 

(Open your eyes 

Get wise) 

(Put your brain in gear) 

Race war 

(Get yourself together) 

(Open your eyes 

Get wise) 

(Put your brain in gear) 

Korean people live down in the hood 

A little mis-fuckin'-understood 

Orientals were slaves too 

Word to this fuckin' red white and blue 

People from Iran ain't never did shit to us 

So why the distrust? 

The system want to keep us at each other's throats 

While we're payin' the tax notes 

'Cause bein' black ain't no fuckin' minority 

It's the fuckin' majority 

So they gotta make us hate each other 

Word, check the brothers 

Mexicans black 

Jamaicans black 

Iranians black 

Indians black 

Hawaiians black 

Puerto-Ricans black 

Eskimos black 

South-Americans black 

Orientals black 

Yeah, that's right 

The Klan says everything's black that ain't white 

So we gotta get our facts straight 

'Cause the shit they teach in school is pure hate 

Sometimes I don't know for sure 

If somebody want a race war 

(Get yourself together) 

(Open your eyes 

Get wise) 

Race war 

(Get yourself together) 

(Open your eyes 

Get wise) 

(Put your brain in gear) 

Race war 

(Get yourself together) 

(Open your eyes 

Get wise) 

(Put your brain in gear) 

Race war 

(Get yourself together) 

(Open your eyes 

Get wise) 

(Put your brain in gear) 

Who wants a race war? 

We're gonna lose